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William Dalrymple quotes: This? I thought, after a twenty-year civil war: This? Armageddon I expected; but Armani I did not.

This? I thought, after a twenty-year civil war: This? Armageddon I expected; but Armani I did not.

William Dalrymple quotes: For me they go hand in hand. When I travel it makes me want to write, when I read it makes me want to travel.

For me they go hand in hand. When I travel it makes me want to write, when I read it makes me want to travel.

William Dalrymple quotes: On the road, as in many other aspects of Indian life, Might is Right.

On the road, as in many other aspects of Indian life, Might is Right.

William Dalrymple quotes: But the ifs of history: if Cleopatra's nose had been one inch longer,' he said, 'would Antony have lost the battle of Actium?

But the ifs of history: if Cleopatra's nose had been one inch longer,' he said, 'would Antony have lost the battle of Actium?

William Dalrymple quotes: the Kauravas and the Pandavas turned from demi-gods into cave men, the great war reduced to a tribal feud fought with sticks and stones.

the Kauravas and the Pandavas turned from demi-gods into cave men, the great war reduced to a tribal feud fought with sticks and stones.

William Dalrymple quotes: For all its faults we love this city.' Then, after a pause, she added: 'After all, we built it.

For all its faults we love this city.' Then, after a pause, she added: 'After all, we built it.

William Dalrymple quotes: There was that all-pervasive evening scent of cut grass and jasmine.

There was that all-pervasive evening scent of cut grass and jasmine.

William Dalrymple quotes: India has always had a strange way with her conquerors. In defeat, she beckons them in, then slowly seduces, assimilates and transforms them.

India has always had a strange way with her conquerors. In defeat, she beckons them in, then slowly seduces, assimilates and transforms them.

William Dalrymple quotes: Travels in the Mogul Empire and Manucci's Mogul India.

Travels in the Mogul Empire and Manucci's Mogul India.

William Dalrymple quotes: Delhi was once a paradise, Where Love held sway and reigned; But its charm lies ravished now And only ruins remain. No

Delhi was once a paradise, Where Love held sway and reigned; But its charm lies ravished now And only ruins remain. No

William Dalrymple quotes: Finally, at two minutes to three, in the sweltering heat of a Mesopotamian summer afternoon, I crossed the no-man's land into Syria.

Finally, at two minutes to three, in the sweltering heat of a Mesopotamian summer afternoon, I crossed the no-man's land into Syria.

William Dalrymple quotes: The Tughluks have gone; Tughlukabad is a ruin; only Nizamuddin remains.

The Tughluks have gone; Tughlukabad is a ruin; only Nizamuddin remains.

William Dalrymple quotes: What matters it, O breeze, If now has come the spring When I have lost them both The garden and my nest?

What matters it, O breeze, If now has come the spring When I have lost them both The garden and my nest?